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    Desiderio A. Arnaz

    In 1951, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball first telecasted their situation comedy - “I Love Lucy,” which was an overnight sensation. Desilu Productions literally created the phenomenon of reruns. Selling the rerun rights of “I Love Lucy” to CBS, Arnaz purchased RKO studios.... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
    • 01 Mar 2010
    • News

    Milestone for HBS Alumna

    member of the HAA board since 1995. Alvarez-Bjelland emigrated with her family from Cuba to Miami in 1962 and has lived for the past 25 years in Norway, home to her husband, Christian Bjelland (MBA ’78). She has worked in marketing and... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • Web

    Yoan Capote Naturaleza Urbana 2012 | About

    the human psyche.” Naturaleza Urbana consists of a large pair of handcuffs that connect two trees. This sculpture explores a range of issues including captivity, fate, and human struggles, and is meant to inspire conversation. Capote represented View Details
    • 26 Apr 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: April 26

    assets as part of a bank's core capital. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111076-PDF-ENG Sherritt Goes to Cuba (A): Political Risk in Unchartered Territory Aldo Musacchio and Jonathan SchleferHarvard Business... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Sep 2017
    • News

    Ink: Miami’s Dark Neon Era, the Language of Success, and Getting Psyched Up

    generations of Cuban refugees fought for control of the drug trade in Miami.” Classic Havana Nocturne How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T.J. English “All these mobsters are dead, but the author, through... View Details
    Keywords: April White; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
    • 24 Sep 2024
    • Blog Post

    HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Thalia Rey (MBA 2025)

    related to MBA Admissions, alumni engagement, career development, and more to advocate for and empower the Latino community on campus and beyond. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked LASO members to share what being Latino at HBS means to them. From being born... View Details
    • 21 Dec 2015
    • Op-Ed

    Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google

    internet-related services that helped one of the largest technology companies in the world make the turnaround of the century. How did Wladawsky-Berger get there in the first place? In the late 1950s, at the age of 15, he emigrated with his family from View Details
    Keywords: by Shane Greenstein; Information Technology
    • 17 Dec 2017
    • News

    How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

    artist, who was detained down in Cuba 2014, 2015, and this was just at the time that Cuba and the US were looking to normalize relations. And we got reporters down there. We tried to get that story into the... View Details
    • 22 Sep 2017
    • News

    The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice

    off that there was never a true rematch to go into Cuba and take out Fidel Castro. There were grown men who are trained by the CIA in the 1960s waiting every day to go back and take out Fidel Castro and execute the guy and take back their... View Details
    • November 2015 (Revised February 2016)
    • Case

    Lipman: Vertical Integration in Fresh Tomatoes

    By: José B. Alvarez and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    Lipman, the largest open field fresh tomato grower and marketer in the United States, has been successfully pursuing an aggressive strategy of acquisitions over the last several years. End-market consolidation in the retail space has driven vertical integration in the... View Details
    Keywords: Tomatoes; Fresh Produce; Vertical Integration; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Cuba; Central America
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    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    Screen Saver

    Born in Cuba and raised in Puerto Rico, Gerardo "Gerry" Lopez fondly recalls the first movie he saw in the United States, in 1977: Star Wars. "Wow, the special effects and flying through space—it was great!" says Lopez (MBA 1984),... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment
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    Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course) The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
    Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Energy Industry; Retail Industry; Mining Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
    • 22 Mar 2016
    • First Look

    March 22, 2016

    climate change, alternative uses for farmland, and a transition to the next generation of family ownership of the business. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-067 The Promise of Agriculture in... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Sep 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Sept. 7

    sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. These authors focus first on trade, capital inflows,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne